Big Bang Theory (Styx album)

Big Bang Theory
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Studio album by Styx
Released	May 10, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Rock
Length	55:57
Label	New Door
Producer	Styx
Styx chronology
Cyclorama (2003)Cyclorama2003 Big Bang Theory (2005) Regeneration: Volume 1 (2010)Regeneration: Volume 12010
Singles from Big Bang Theory
"Can't Find My Way Home" Released: 2005

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Big Bang Theory is the fifteenth studio album by the band Styx, released in 2005. It consists of cover versions of classic rock songs.

Origin

In 2004, Styx performed a cover of the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus" at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival, where the song was received so well that it was released as a single, reaching the Top 10 in the Mediabase Classic Rock charts. The video featured original bassist Chuck Panozzo as the "eggman". The single's success resulted in the band recording this album of cover songs. The album reached #46 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums, Styx's highest charting album in 14 years.

Track listing

1. "I Am the Walrus" (The Beatles cover)
   • Lead vocals: Lawrence
2. "I Can See for Miles" (The Who cover)
   • Lead vocals: Tommy
3. "Can't Find My Way Home" (Blind Faith cover)
   • Lead vocals: Tommy
4. "It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" (Willie Dixon cover)
   • Lead vocals: James
5. "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Ray Charles cover, a la Humble Pie)
   • Lead vocals: Lawrence
6. "One Way Out" (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
   • Lead vocals: Tommy
7. "A Salty Dog" (Procol Harum cover)
   • Lead vocals: Lawrence
8. "Summer in the City" (The Lovin' Spoonful cover)
   • Lead vocals: Tommy
9. "Manic Depression" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
   • Lead vocals: James
10. "Talkin' About the Good Times" (The Pretty Things cover)
    • Lead vocals: Lawrence
11. "Locomotive Breath" (Jethro Tull cover)
    • Lead vocals: James
12. "Find the Cost of Freedom" (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover)
    • Lead vocals: Group
13. "Wishing Well" (Free cover)
    • Lead vocals: Tommy
14. "Blue Collar Man @ 2120" (rerecording of a Styx song)
    • Lead vocals: Tommy

Personnel

Styx

• Tommy Shaw – guitars and vocals
• James Young – guitars and vocals
• Lawrence Gowan – keyboards and vocals
• Ricky Phillips – bass
• Todd Sucherman – drums
• Chuck Panozzo – bass on "Locomotive Breath"

Additional musicians

• The Oracle Diva – guest vocals on "It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" and "Wishing Well"
• Johnnie Johnson – piano on "Blue Collar Man @ 2120"
• Koko Taylor – guest vocals on "Blue Collar Man @ 2120"

External links

• "I am the Walrus" video by Styx